Giving Up Hope Is Heaven

Giving up hope is Heaven, Nirvana, Dzogchen, Tao, Zen …
There is nothing to hold onto, and nothing to fear.

The moment I gave up Buddhism and followed the Buddha’s instruction of “Don’t take my words for the truth, test them …” everything made sense. I had been living on theories, chanting and hoping, while fearing that if I stopped, I’d be doomed. The very opposite happened.

Fear and hope are Mara’s activity that governs our lives.
Fear and hope are promoted to create unfavourable conditions that reduce the chances of effectiveness in understanding reality.

If we are living in hope, we are living in hell – a place of confusion.